Marine motorcycle deaths top their Iraq combat fatalities

[SilverDragon]

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[RCM78]

This is a training issue. The US military is the largest training organization in the world. They train men and women to pilot aircraft,watercraft,and all types of vehicles on land but are losing way too many to motorcycle crashes...
Recently they have adopted some training courses that should help the problem.

TPM as well as many other riding schools have been aproached by the military to develop training programs. I'm not sure what has come of it though.

[SilverDragon]

From the article

The Marines have taken some measures. The Marine Corps has had a long-standing policy for all Marines who ride motorcycles to take a mandatory basic riding course. More recently, it added a second training course specifically designed to train Marines who ride sport bikes.

Any Marine caught riding, even on leave, without going through the training courses faces Marine Corps punishment, officials say.

But he says the new training seems to be working: Of the 300 young men and women who have gone through the sport-bike course, only three have had accidents.

The safety course instructors said some Marines who go through the training decide the sport bike is not for them.

[RCM78]

Originally Posted by SilverDragon

From the article

Yes, I know. I read the article.

The training is new. It takes time to see the results.

[Drew13]

I remember an instructor from the Lee Parks Advanced Riding Clinic was saying something about a deal with the military but this was 3 years ago.

[CBRBob]

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